System and method for generation of worksbooks by software modules received from a central station

Abstract

This invention is a computer based system for the assessment, management and instruction of students, and for the delivery of work pages and other instructional materials in the form of electronic student workbooks. The computer based assessment of the student produces a student profile including skill gaps or learning objectives. Teacher ( 20 ) and student ( 22 ) workstations are networked CPUs with pen-based tablet inputs, and displays network with a central processor ( 10 ) and data base. A director workstation may also be networked with the central processor. The central processor generates a teacher workbook either directly or with input from the director workstation. The teacher, or teacher and director together, assemble an electronic student workbook containing instructional materials correlated with the student profile. The system tracks useful data such as instructional material (e.g., textbook pages, work sheets, software, simulations, tests, etc.) delivered to students.

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         40 . A computer network for establishing learning sessions, comprising: 
 a central station,    a plurality of student workstations;    a plurality of teacher workstations;    a database that store student profiles, each student profile specifying a learning objective associated with a student at a student workstation, said central workstation retrieving the student profiles and supplying software modules to the plurality of the student workstations and plurality of teacher workstations, wherein each student workstation runs the software module supplied from the central station to generate a student workbook personalized for the student in accordance with a corresponding student profile, said student workbook providing a user interface for the student during a learning session to interact with a remote teacher at a teacher workstation, and wherein each software module supplied to a teacher work station generates a teacher workbook providing a teacher at the teacher workstation a user interface to select student records associated with any one of a plurality of students, each selected student record including a listing of one or more instructional materials related to a learning objective associated with a student.    
     
     
         41 . The computer network of  claim 41 , wherein each teacher workbook is used for assembling instructional materials and forwarding the assembled instructional materials to one or more student workstations.  
     
     
         42 . The computer network of  claim 40  further including a director workstation used by a director, other than the teacher, to review teacher notes stored in a section of a teacher workbook.  
     
     
         43 . The learning system of  claim 42 , wherein the director workstation allows the director to review information about students and assign instructional materials to be presented to such students.  
     
     
         44 . The learning system of  claim 42 , wherein the student profiles are changed based on input from the director.